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From martini studio darte andy warhol electric chair 1971 multiple screen printing on paper 90 1215 cm.
Andy warhol electric chair. Death by electrocution was a controversial subject in new york city where the artist lived and worked especially after the last two executions at sing sing correctional facility in 1963. Electric chair is part of warhols substantial death and disaster series that the artist started in 1962 early examples of which depicted car crashes and suicides as illustrated in newspaper images see for instance race riot 1963 and ambulance disaster 1963. Sold for 8220000 in post war and contemporary art evening sale on 15 may 2019 at christies in new york. The work speaks to the constant reiteration of tragedy in the media and becomes perhaps an attempt to exorcise this image of death through repetition.
Andy warhol first used the image of the electric chair in his death and disaster series a loose group of works that occupied him from 196265. It was created on a medium sized canvas and was part of warhols renowned death and disasters series that the artist started in 1962. 22 x 28 in 559 x 711 cm. The electric chair was originally a form of capital punishment created to replace hanging.
From the broad collection. Located innew york ny created in 1971 andy warhols electric chair is a screenprint in colors on wove paper. Acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen. The artist noted that it was henry geldzahler a curator at the metropolitan museum of art new york who.
Over the next decade he repeatedly returned to the subject reflecting the political controversy surrounding the death penalty in america in the 1960s. Yet electric chair with its eponymous chair printed once on each of ten separate sheets of paper belies this statement. Andy warhol 1928 1987 little electric chair painted in 1964 1965. Andy warhol big electric chair 1967 68 acrylic and silkscreen ink on linen the eli and edythe l.
Andy warhols famous imagery of the electric chair was first created in 1964 as a silkscreen painting. Gave me the idea to start the death and disaster series.
